Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-045
Nixon & Kissinger on Anatoliy Dobrynin and USSR
Saturday, April 15, 1972 · 2:12 PM–5:35 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 27 sec
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On April 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 329-45
Date: April 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-018. Segment declassified on 10/24/2019. Archivist: MM]
[National Security]
[329-045-w001]
[Duration: 26s]
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Location
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Also recorded on April 15, 1972
- 022-129 2:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 329-044 2:04 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:04 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 329-046 2:12 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 329-047 2:12 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 329-048 2:12 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 329-049 2:12 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 329-050 2:12 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 329-051 2:12 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 5:35 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 329-045, April 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186287). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-045 (accessed November 15, 2026).